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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Sabinianus of Troyes (d. 275?) According to legend, > Sabinianus was from > the Greek isalnd of Samos. He came to Troyes (Gaul) > as a missionary, and > was martyred in the time of Aurelianus. Is this perchance Saint Savin of sur-Gartempe fame? MG In legend, > he was accompanied by > his sister Sabina, who was also martyred. > > Gildas the Wise (d. 570) Gildas is most famous as > the author of The Ruin > of Britain, our best source for sub-Roman Britain > and the earliest > semi-source for the King Arthur legend. Perhaps he > later went to Brittany, > where he lived as a hermit, possibly founding the > monastery > St-Gildas-de-Ruys. > > Dallan Forghaill (d. 598) According to tradition, > Dallan was the chief bard > of Ireland by 575, when the assembly of Druim Cett > attempted to abolish the > order of bards. After St. Columcille successfully > defended the poets, > Dallan wrote a eulogy of Columcille (the Amra > Columcille) in thanksgiving. > A late legend explains that the poet purposely used > obscure and difficult > language because the humble Columcille would only > allow the poem to be > written if it were incomprehensible to the average > Irishman. Dallan became > a monk and a renowned scholar who so strained his > eyes that he went blind. > He is regarded as one of the few early martyrs of > Ireland, since he was > killed in a pirate raid on his monastery of Inis > Coel (Inniskeel). > > Julianus the Hospitaller (7th cent.) Legend reports > that Julianus was born > sometime in the seventh century in either Belgium or > Spain. In a dream, a > deer told Julianus that he would kill his own > parents, whereupon Julianus > fled from his parents' house. One day while J. was > hunting, his parents > turned up at his home. J's wife put her in-laws in > her own bedchamber. J. > came home, thought he saw his own wife in bed with a > strange man, and > killed both his parents. After this, J. became a > full-time penitent. In > Provence (or perhaps Italy) he erected a hospice for > the sick and dying, > caring for them himself after carrying them through > the river to the door. > One day he was helping a sick person, and suddenly > recognized that it was > actually Jesus he was helping. > > Aquilinus (d. c. 1015) The martyr Aquilinus (or > Wezelin) was from > Wurzburg, and later became a canon in Cologne. In > c. 1015, during a visit > to Milan, he was murdered by heretics. He was > buried in S. Lorenzo > Maggiore in Milan, and a cult soon developed. > (Would anybody know a source > for this tale? An alternative version from another > source pushes Aquilinus > back nearly four centuries, with a death in c. 650 > at the hands of Milanese > Arians.) > > Charles of Villers (blessed) (d. 1212) Charles was > a soldier who entered > the Cistercian monastery of Himmerod in the Eifel in > 1185. From 1189 on he > was prior of Heisterbach, then from 1197 on abbot of > Villers in Brabant. > In 1209, though, he abdicated from his office and > retired to Himmerod as a > simple monk. > > Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice > [log in to unmask] > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join > medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave > medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's > owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html